By Michael Booth | October 27, 2017
The chairman of the New Jersey Assembly Judiciary Committee has filed an open records lawsuit against the state Attorney General's Office.
By Max Mitchell | October 19, 2017
In the wake of revelations that Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. dropped two probes involving high profile-targets whose attorneys donated large sums to his campaign, the issue of having defense attorneys donate to district attorneys' political campaigns has come under scrutiny.
By Alexa Woronowicz | September 29, 2017
OOR erred in holding that video recordings made by cameras on an authority bus were not exempt pursuant to the noncriminal investigation exemption where requester sought videos after a vehicle accident that led him to file a property claim against the authority because the recordings, which the authority's claims adjuster reviewed in the course of investigating requester's property damage claim were related to and part of the noncriminal investigation and constituted investigative materials. Reversed.
By thelegalintelligencer | The Legal Intelligencer | September 22, 2017
While the defendant university's inquiry into the collapse of an on-campus garage was ancillary to its public safety services and thus not a noncriminal investigation under Section 708(b)(17) of the Right-to-Know Law, the university was entitled to an in-camera review of certain documents that might be exempt from the law under attorney-client privilege. The court affirmed in part, reversed in part and remanded.
By thelegalintelligencer | The Legal Intelligencer | September 22, 2017
Trial court properly affirmed the OOR order that required the DAO to provide requester with a certified copy of a redacted CAD, which requester had provided to the DAO, under Section 904 of the RTKL but trial court erred in holding that a declaration made by the DAO satisfied the certification requirement because the declaration did not meet the standard of verifying the authenticity of the document. Affirmed in part and reversed in part.
By therecorder | The Recorder | September 15, 2017
9th Cir.; 16-15342 The court of appeals affirmed a district court judgment. The court held that the privacy interest of former U.S. Immigration and Customs…
By Andrew Denney | September 11, 2017
Ruling in a case involving a property owner and art collector worth at least tens of millions of dollars, acting Nassau County Judge Gary Knobel said a party did not show good cause for sealing the case records.
By C. Ryan Barber | September 7, 2017
Bacardi has taken new legal action in its long-running rum war with Cuba, this time against banking regulators in a hunt for information about how an entity owned by the island nation last year received a U.S. license to renew the disputed "Havana Club" trademark.
By Law Journal Editorial Board | September 1, 2017
In re New Jersey Firemen's Association raises more questions than it resolves, will complicate OPRA proceedings in the future, and ultimately detracts from the intent and operation of OPRA. New Jersey's long-standing tradition of access to government records has taken a step back.
By therecorder | The Recorder | August 31, 2017
Cal.Sup.Ct.; S227106 The California Supreme Court affirmed in part and reversed in part a judgment. The court held that a county’s unredacted automated…
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